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Italian vs Latvian


Latvian vs Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   
European Union, Latvia   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
2   
13

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   
Latvia   

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   
Latvian State Language Center   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • The first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
  • The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
  

Similar To
French and Portuguese Languages   
Lithuanian Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
21   
3
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
16   
6
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ciao   
Sveiki   

Thank You
grazie   
Paldies   

How Are You?
Come stai?   
Kā jums klājas?   

Good Night
buonanotte   
Ar labunakti   

Good Evening
buonasera   
Labvakar   

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio   
Labdien   

Good Morning
buongiorno   
Labrīt   

Please
Per Favore   
lūdzu   

Sorry
scusate   
Piedodiet!   

Bye
arrivederci   
Uz redzēšanos   

I Love You
Ti amo   
Es tevi mīlu   

Excuse Me
Scusami   
Piedodiet!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco   
Livonian   

Where They Speak
Lazio   
Latvia   

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
21
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Central Italian   
Middle Latvian   

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   
Latvia   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Tuscan   
High Latvian   

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   
France, Latvia   

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million   
21
1.75 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.90 %   
22
Not Available   

Native Speakers
64.00 million   
18
1.75 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million   
20
Not Available   

Native Name
Italiano   
latviešu valoda   

Alternative Names
Italiano   
Lettish   

French Name
italien   
letton   

German Name
Italienisch   
Lettisch   

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Italians   
Latvians or Letts   

History

Origin
960 BC   
1530   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Baltic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Italian   
Latvian   

Language Position
27   
23
Not Available   

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   
Latvian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
it   
lv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita   
lav   

ISO 639 2/B
ita   
lav   

ISO 639 3
ita   
lav   

ISO 639 6
itas   
not Available   

Glottocode
ital1282   
latv1249   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q   
54-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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Italian and Latvian Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Latvian language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Latvian language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC whereas history of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Italian and Latvian Language History.

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Italian and Latvian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Italian and Latvian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Italian and Latvian language. Italian word for "Hello" is ciao or Latvian word for "Thank You" is Paldies. Find more of such common Italian Greetings and Latvian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Italian vs Latvian Difficulty

The Italian vs Latvian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian Alphabets and Latvian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Italian and Latvian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Latvian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Latvian time required is 44 weeks.

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